Live Global Health Course Overview
Offered each May in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Course provides intensive training ideal for any physician or healthcare provider who serves a global mobile population, such as immigrants, refugees or international travelers. Based on the principle that there are no local diseases, the curriculum delivers pragmatic information and skills for providing health care in the global village. One of only 17 courses offered worldwide, ours is the only program of its kind co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This course is designated as a certificate preparation course. Once participants complete the following components, they are qualified to sit for the biannually-offered ASTMH examination that leads to a Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health (CTropMed®). The next ASTMH examination will be offered in November of 2014. Click here for more information.